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Chapter 421 Gao Yuan's Alone Inquiry

The son of an entrepreneur who came to be the manager of an underground idol group?

When he saw this, Gao Yuan felt a deep sense of weirdness, so he couldn't help asking Baimu Shiyin:
"Do you know anything more about your agent? Something more personal?"

Hearing this, Kashiwagi Shiyin thought for a while, then shook his head helplessly:
"This... I'm not very clear. After all, when the manager and we are together, we basically talk about work matters."

"That's it."

After getting such an answer, Gao Yuan responded briefly, then thought about it, and asked tentatively:
"Then has your manager offended anyone? Or do you know anyone who has a grudge against your manager?"

"No."

After thinking briefly, Kashiwagi Shiyin replied affirmatively:

"Mr. Manager is a very good person. I have never seen Mr. Manager quarrel with anyone... However, it may be that I have not known Mr. Manager for a long time, and I don't know much about it."

"When did Shinji Sakano become your manager?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help asking.

"Just when the three of us first formed a group."

Kashiwagi Shion replied:
"Mr. Manager is Chiyo's acquaintance, and she invited Mr. Sakano to be our manager. As a result, Mr. Manager seems to be very optimistic about us, so he agreed."

"Is that so..."

Gao Yuan nodded, and then said:
"Then I don't have anything to ask for now. Miss Kashiwagi, please let Miss Chiyo come out...By the way, what is Miss Chiyo's full name?"

"Usami Chiyo."

Shion Kashiwagi responded, then bowed to Gao Yuan, said "Then I'll call her", then walked back to the lounge, let Usami Chiyo come out, and stayed in the lounge by herself.

Seeing Usami Chiyo, who was still wiping tears, walking in front of him with a sad face, Gao Yuan sighed helplessly, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it to the other party, and could only say in relief:
"Wipe it off first."

In this regard, Usami Chiyo took the handkerchief, thanked him softly, and then took the unused handkerchief and wiped the tears on his face. His emotions still seemed to have not come out of Sakano Shinji's death.

And Gao Yuan can only be thankful that there is no one else here, otherwise he would stand alone in the corridor chatting with a crying girl, and I don't know what people will think.

Seeing that Usami Chiyo stopped crying temporarily, Takato began to ask:
"Miss Usami, I heard that Mr. Sakano was invited by you to be the manager of your group. May I ask if you knew Mr. Sakano before?"

Regarding this question, Usami Chiyo nodded emotionally, and replied affirmatively:

"Yes...in the second year after I became an underground idol, I met Mr. Sakano. I know that he has been looking for a suitable underground idol group, hoping to lead them to officially become idols, so we formed this group" After "Sword Girl", I immediately thought of him..."

As she spoke, Usami Chiyo became more sad, as if she was about to cry again, but after sobbing a few times, the tears still did not fall.

Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help asking after listening to the other party's statement:
"The second year... Ms. Usami, you, Ms. Kashiwagi, and Ms. Izumo were together from the beginning, weren't you?"

"Ah."

Usami Chiyo nodded, "I started being an underground idol three years ago... It's just that I haven't had a good chance, and the groups I participated in basically broke up after a short period of time..."

"That's it..."

Gao Yuan looked at Usami Chiyo in a daze, and then asked:
"In that case, you should know a lot about Mr. Sakano, right?"

"Yes."

Nodding, Usami Chiyo affirmed.

"Then do you know Mr. Sakano is the son of an entrepreneur?"

"Ah."

Usami Chiyo nodded silently.

"In this case, why did Mr. Sakano choose such a career?"

Gao Yuan couldn't help raising doubts:
"With his background, if he wants to become a manager, he should have many other options. Why should he..."

"Because his family doesn't agree with him engaging in this profession."

Usami Chiyo replied:

"I've heard that Mr. Sakano's father wanted him to go back to inherit the family business, but Mr. Sakano himself didn't want to go back to inherit the family business so early, so he chose this path..."

Regarding this, Gao Yuan looked a little speechless. He didn't know what to say, so he could only ask:

"Then does Mr. Sakano have any enemies?"

"should not."

Usami Chiyo said affirmatively, "Mr. Sakano has a good reputation in the industry, and I have never heard of him having a grudge with anyone."

Therefore, Gao Yuan did not continue to ask this question, but turned back to the details of this incident:
"It is said that you bought the can of coffee Mr. Sakano drank for him?"

"Yes, it is……"

Usami Chiyo replied:

"Before going on stage, Shiyin and I went to the corridor to buy drinks, and by the way, I bought a can of coffee for Mr. Manager..."

As he said that, Usami Chiyo suddenly realized something, with surprised eyes, exclaimed:
"Mr. Detective! Are you suspicious of me? I have no reason to kill Mr. Manager! I have been an underground idol for three years, and finally got a chance to be on the official stage. How could I kill him to help us win all this?" Mr. Broker!"

With a trembling tone, Usami Chiyo said,
As for Gao Yuan, he could only helplessly wave his hands and deny:
"Miss Usami, don't think so... I'm just asking routinely..."

With that said, Gao Yuan quickly changed his rhetoric and changed the content of the inquiry:

"By the way, you said you bought coffee for Mr. Sakano before going on stage, so did he drink this can of coffee before going on stage?"

In this regard, Usami Chiyo couldn't help but feel relieved, lowered his head, and nodded slightly:
"Well... After I handed it to Mr. Manager, he opened the can and took a sip."

"Didn't you finish that can of coffee?"

Gao Yuan couldn't help asking after hearing this.

"Well. Because it didn't take long before it was our turn to appear..."

Usami Chiyo replied:

"At that time, because we were notified of our debut, we jumped up excitedly, and the manager was so scared that he spilled coffee on himself..."

"Did he spill coffee on him?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan was suddenly surprised and asked:

"But, Mr. Sakano, did you see any traces of coffee on him?"

"He should have gone to the locker room to change his clothes..."

Usami Chiyo said in a deep voice:

"Because... Originally, Mr. Manager should be wearing a gray suit today, but..."

(End of this chapter)